Engineering and Technical Information

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Technical Articles - relating to the starting of Electric Motor Fire Pump Controllers

Engineering Drawings (Quick Pick Drawings) - for common current versions of Customer Drawings

Engineering Bulletins - for Information relating to Field Application, Technical and Service Notes

Instruction Manuals - for our OEM MC** Series Fire Pump Controllers

Slide Show Page - for Slide Shows regarding Fire Pump Controllers.

Master Products Photo Studio - for Sampling of Procucts

Master Photo Gallery and Job Site - for Product Pictures and Job Site Photos.
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Selected Industry Standards - NFPA & NEMA - for Pertinent Fire Pump Standards

Intellectual Property - Patents and Trademark Information

Technical Articles

Applying Variable Speed Motor Drive Fire Pump Controllers, by William F. Stelter - (2.73 MBytes PPS)
Avoiding Switching Transient Damage in Motor Circuits, by R.L. Nailen - (72 KBytes HTML)
Applying Generator Sets to Motor Loads, by Robert A. Barr - - (282 KBytes HTML)
Why Wye-Delta Starters Cause Breakers to Trip, by Robert J. Wooddall - - (35 KBytes)
Reduced Voltage Controller Comparison, by William F. Stelter - - (186 KBytes HTML)
Application Guide -for- Fire Pump Power Transfer Switches, by James S. Nasby - - (17 K PDF)
Fire Pump Motor Starting - Reduced Voltage Starting Comparisons, by James S. Nasby - - (11K PDF)
Fire Pump Power Supplies - Electrical Requirements, by James S. Nasby - - (523Kbytes PPS)
Wye-Delta Starting of Centrifugal Fire Pumps - Truths and Myths, by James S. Nasby - - (21K PDF)

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Quick Pick Drawings

Standard Drawings for JPC, MC*, MCL, MC*T, and MCLT.

Engineering Drawings

Installation and Operating Manuals

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NEMA Application Standards

NEMA # ICS-14 - Application Guide for Electric Fire Pump Controllers
NEMA # ICS-15 - Handling, Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Electric Fire Pump Controllers

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Engineering Bulletins - Technical and Product Historic Information

EB060810.PDF - The Application of the New Electronic (ECM) Diesel Engines.. - (7.2 Kbyte PDF)
EB010830.PDF - NFPA-20, 1999 Edition Code Change Summary - Historic. - (19 Kbyte PDF)
EB010815.PDF - PR4001N Paperless Recorder® Release - Upgrade. - (11 Kbyte PDF)
EB001203.PDF - New Models SRAP and DRAP - Fire Pump Controller Alarm Sets. - (14 Kbyte PDF)
EB001202.PDF - MC*TZ Version 13 - Transfer Switch Controllers - Historic Info. - (13 Kbyte PDF)
EB001012.PDF - DCF & DCM Version 22 - Changes to Diesel Fire Pump Controllers. - (14 Kbyte PDF)
EB000824.PDF - An Electrical Perspective on Centrifugal Pump Starting Methods. - (41 Kbyte PDF)
EB000523.PDF - PhaseSmart^TM Motor Single Phase Protection Analysis - (11 Kbyte